Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Solihull
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Needs attention | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 11 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry758 applications · 235 places offered · 269 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.2; Solihull median median 3.2
- 2025 3.1; Solihull median median 3.0
- 2024 3.4; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2023 3.5; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2022 3.3; Solihull median median 3.1
- 2021 3.1; Solihull median median 2.9
- 2020 3.4; Solihull median median 2.9
- 2019 3.4; Solihull median median 3.0
- 2018 3.5; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2017 3.2; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2016 3.1; Solihull median median 2.4
- 2015 2.8; Solihull median median 2.7
- 2014 2.5; Solihull median median 2.5
- This school
- Solihull median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 235 | 758 | 3.2 | 269 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2025 | 234 | 722 | 3.1 | 284 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 237 | 802 | 3.4 | 333 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2023 | 238 | 822 | 3.5 | 334 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2022 | 236 | 773 | 3.3 | 269 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2021 | 237 | 743 | 3.1 | 269 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2020 | 239 | 810 | 3.4 | 288 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 809 | 3.4 | 280 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2018 | 238 | 830 | 3.5 | 361 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2017 | 240 | 778 | 3.2 | 305 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 | 236 | 722 | 3.1 | 277 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 | 236 | 661 | 2.8 | 323 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2014 | 233 | 583 | 2.5 | 267 | 1.15 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 215 | 42.1 | 34% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 232 | 43.6 | 38% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 215 | 47.1 | 45% | 65% | −0.25 |
| 2022/23 | 215 | 45.8 | 47% | 60% | −0.19 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- John Henry Newman Catholic CollegeThis schoolThis school20263.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 33.4Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade202434.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Solihull20263.7applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · BirminghamGood20244.1applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · SolihullSpecial measures 20262.4applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BirminghamGood20233.9applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · BirminghamGood20233.0applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · WarwickshireStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136347 · 334/4661
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,273 on roll
- Free school meals
- 44.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- The Archbishop Grimshaw Catholic School (URN 104120)
- Address
- Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5GA
- Local authority
- Solihull
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources